Growing dahlias in the open ground. Preparing for spring

Dahlias are able to decorate the garden for 2-3 months. Propagated by their mostly tubers, which are dug in autumn before frost, and again planted in the spring.

Consider the nuances of growing these flowers in the open field, knowing that you will easily be able to grow these beautiful summer plant on the site.

Dahlias are planted after danger of frost disappears in the soil. Plot selected well sunlit, while bush grow powerful, with strong, upright stalks.

Its advantages are there when planting dahlias in the penumbra: buds will not fade from the sun.

To prepare the tubers must be a few weeks before planting.

Carried out the following procedures:

· Inspect the tubers, cull rotten, damaged by rodents;

• if the degree of damage is small, the damaged part can be cut with a sharp knife, then treated with wood ash;

· Planted tubers in boxes with peat or sawdust so that they protrude above the surface by about 2cm;

· Cover with foil, leaving a small gap for ventilation;

· Every day to irrigate them with an atomizer.

After about 2 weeks hatch sprouts and tubers can be planted on a prepared flower bed. Such bloom dahlias 2 weeks earlier.

The plot is prepared for planting in the fall. His dug previously sprinkle compost.

Spring start planting as follows:

· Dig a hole size of 40 × 40 × 40 cm;

· Pour rotted compost or manure at its bottom;

· Then poured fertile land on which is placed a tuber;

· Dropwise it so that the young shoots appeared above the soil surface;

· Watered landing location;

· Mulching the soil.

Since dahlias increasing their long stems, from the gusts of wind, they can be killed, and the plant will lose a decorative look. Therefore, immediately on landing is necessary to put support.

To get strong shoots and large buds, used a technique called pasynkovanie.

At the initial stage, the excess stems are removed, to leave the bush 2 or 3 strongest. Then, with the remaining constantly tear the side shoots are formed in the axils of the dahlia.

Throughout the season should be watered the bushes 1 time in 2 weeks to fertilize the soil, loosen it, to remove weeds.

And then effectively dahlias bloom in the summer, as well as to build up a powerful tubers for planting them in a future season.